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Today in the Mission Yearbook: June 20, 2018
MINUTE FOR MISSION: WORLD REFUGEE DAY - June 20 is designated as World Refugee Day. Over the years the significance of this day has grown. For Presbyterians, it is a day to connect or reconnect with our own refugee heritage through our faith ancestry. As Scripture tells us, “You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Deut. 10:19). Throughout our church history we can find those who have fled persecution for their faith and those who have responded to the call to welcome the stranger: Abraham and Sarah; Moses, Miriam, Aaron and the people of Israel; Ruth; Jesus, Joseph and Mary; the apostle John.
World Refugee Day is also a day to acknowledge the individuals and the entire communities of refugees who have been uprooted from their homes, the majority living in precarious situations ...
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MINUTE FOR MISSION: WORLD REFUGEE DAY - June 20 is designated as World Refugee Day. Over the years the significance of this day has grown. For Presbyterians, it is a day to connect or reconnect with our own refugee heritage through our faith ancestry. As Scripture tells us, “You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Deut. 10:19). Throughout our church history we can find those who have fled persecution for their faith and those who have responded to the call to welcome the stranger: Abraham and Sarah; Moses, Miriam, Aaron and the people of Israel; Ruth; Jesus, Joseph and Mary; the apostle John.
World Refugee Day is also a day to acknowledge the individuals and the entire communities of refugees who have been uprooted from their homes, the majority living in precarious situations ...
• CLICK HERE to read more.
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